Forklift Operator / Material Handler (Able to obtain Secret Clearance)

NANA; Tobyhanna (Monroe County); On-site; USD 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Forklift Operator / Material Handler in Tobyhanna, PA. This key role involves operating various forklifts, managing materials, and requires the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance. The work environment is dynamic, and candidates will benefit from comprehensive training and excellent opportunities for advancement.

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen able to obtain Secret Clearance.
• Proven experience with multiple types of forklifts.
• Must pass a drug test prior to start.

Responsibilities

• Operates forklifts to move, load, unload and stack goods.
• Ensures proper attachment of weight-handling gear.
• Conducts inventory and checks materials against documents.

Skills

Operating forklifts

HAZMAT familiarity

Basic computer skills

Ability to lift 45 pounds

Job description

Forklift Operator / Material Handler (Able to obtain Secret Clearance)

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Truestone, and Akima company, is looking for a Forklift Operator / Material Handler to work in Tobyhanna, PA. This position will require the individual to be processed for an Interim Secret prior to starting and ultimately obtaining and maintaining a full clearance.

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Responsibilities

• Receives scheduled shipments, reviews documentation, and processes receipts through the Logistics Management Program (LMP).
• Operates forklift capable of lifting 15,000 pounds as high as 168 inches to move, load, unload, transfer, transport, stack or unstack palletized goods, boxes, crates, merchandise, materials, and supplies from one location to another.
• Operates a floor controlled electric bridge crane, on the loading dock with a capacity of ten tons, to unload a variety of items from vehicles.
• Ensures proper placement and attachment of weight handling gear, such as cables, ropes, and slings to lift cannon tubes, castings and other large and heavy equipment, while loading and unloading vehicles.
• Checks ropes, cables, and other equipment for excessive wear or damage and obtains replacements as appropriate.
• Operates electric, diesel, or gasoline powered forklifts capable of lifting 10,000 pounds or more to a height of 212 inches to load, unload, stack, unstack, warehouse, and move shelters, conex, crates, boxes, packages, pallets and palletized materials or loose items.
• Operates indoors or outdoors in all weather conditions working in outside storage areas and confined shop spaces.
• Moves systems, shelters, system components, and generally oversized materials through narrow aisles.
• Operates warehouse tractors with up to three dollies on a limited basis to move over sized system components, pallets, palletized materials, bar stock, and other materials requiring special handling.
• Operates 2,000-to-6,000-pound capacity forklifts to load, unload, stack, unstack, re- warehouse, and move boxes, crates, packages, pallets, or loose items; regulates forks and truck movement, exercising care to avoid overloading or improper stacking or movement of supplies and materials; performs drivers' maintenance in accordance with established rules and regulations.
• Operates gasoline, battery, or gas-electric powered 3 or 4 wheeled tractors with up to 4 forward gears, towing loaded or unloaded dump cars, skids, or wheeled trailers.
• Couples and uncouples tractors and trailers automatically or manually under special circumstances.
• Exercises responsibility: for assuring security of loads, to avoid trailer overloading, and to determine safe material loading. Picks up and delivers materials and equipment according to instructions and knowledge of storage and work sites, delivery and pickup points and their locations.
• Performs driver's maintenance, before, during, and after service on both tractors and trailers in accordance with established rules and regulations.
• Fills out daily equipment log.
• Stand, bend and reach while performing work inside warehouses, in bin rooms, in open storage areas, and on receiving and shipping docks and platforms in areas that may be cold, drafty, damp, or hot.
• Possibility of injury from falling or dropping stock, of stacks toppling or loads shifting because of improper loading.
• May be exposed to cuts, bruises, and lacerations from falling boxes, etc.
• Verifies materials against receiving documents, noting and reporting discrepancies and obvious damages.
• Routes materials to prescribed storage locations.
• Stores, stacks, or palletizes materials in accordance with prescribed storage methods.
• Rearranges and takes inventory of stored materials.
• Examines stored materials and reporting deterioration and damage.
• Removes material from storage and preparing it for shipment.
• Receives, identifies, examines, and determines destination acceptability of items from a variety of supply sources.
• Uses a number of measuring devices such as tape measures, calipers, gauges, scales, and meters as well as conversion charts to ascertain dimensions and make necessary computations.
• Lifts and handles heavy items when manually performing warehousing tasks may occur.
• Requires HAZMAT training for any transporting of hazardous materials or waste.
  
  

Qualifications

• Be a US citizen that is able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Must pass a drug test prior to start.
• Have a valid state DOT driver's license in order to access base and if require operate company vehicles if and when needed.
• Proven experience with multiple types of forklifts.
• Be able to obtain a TYAD operating permit.
• Be familiar with transporting HAZMAT.
• Be able to lift and move items weighing up to 45 pounds.
• Be able to operate hand and foot controls which start, turn, and stop forklifts and tractors, or which raise, lower, or tilt the load on the forklift.
• Be computer literate and able to function with basic programs, research, data input, etc.
• Have physical endurance to withstand the strain from vibration.
  
  

Job ID

2025-16084

Work Type

On-Site

Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Truestone, an Akima company, is not just another federal lifecycle solutions contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At Truestone, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders , Truestone provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers , Truestone delivers everything from requirements and design to operations, logistics, and support at every lifecycle stage for complex systems and networks.

As a Truestone employee , you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability, or have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at [e-mail] or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Administrative and Support Services

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